linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ppc64/kprobe: Fix oops when kprobed on 'stdu' instruction

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:37:21 +1000
From:   Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
To:     Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     mpe@...erman.id.au, chris@...troguy.com, npiggin@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org,
        aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ppc64/kprobe: Fix oops when kprobed on 'stdu'
 instruction

Hi Ravi,

> If we set a kprobe on a 'stdu' instruction on powerpc64, we see a
> kernel OOPS:

Ouch! We should mark this for stable.

Anton